HUNDREDS of cops raided a traveller site in the early hours of this morning in one of the biggest gun crime stings EVER. Armed officers joined the 3am raid at the site in Orpington, south-east Lond…
HUNDREDS of cops raided a traveller site in the early hours of this morning in one of the biggest gun crime stings EVER.Police raided a traveller site in the early hours of this morningFootage from the scene shows hundreds of officers marching onto the site
It comes amid a spike in gun crime in the capital following the easing of lockdown, Sky News reports.It's reported that police made their move after learning that people connected with the site were involved in supplying guns to criminal gangs. Images from the scene show scores of officers marching through the camp and surrounding mobile homes in the minutes before the raid began.
Flash-bangs were used to disorient travellers at the site before police battered down doors of static caravans.Police used 'flash-bang' grenades during the incident in the early hoursAerial shots from a police helicopter and drone involved in surveillance screened this morning show police moving across the site and standing beside caravans.
"As well as the local safer neighbourhood teams and officers that are leading this operation, of course we have our specialist firearms command involved, and a number of public order assets as well.
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